Tag Archives: UK

TV

From Derren Brown’s ‘Trick of the Mind’ series, here is the result of one of his mind tricks played out in a phone box at South Bank, London:

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Art in a phone box

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An art gallery in a phone box! What a great idea.

“We believe the Gallery on the Green is the smallest public art gallery in the world. Certainly it is the only one to be open 24/7 and filled to capacity at least twice a day!!”

For more details on the Gallery on The Green, Settle, UK, click here.

Liverpool Cathedral

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This box can be found inside Liverpool Cathedral, England. It was placed here as a memorial to Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the designer of the red telephone box (thanks to Rodhullandemu for the image, via Wikipedia).

Smithfields, London

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Dungeness, Kent

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Coins not accepted in this corner of Kent.

Local history

I was working in the stores for the Bexleyheath Heritage Trust yesterday and came across this old telephone switchboard…

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Police Box

I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to include the classic police box/TARDIS on the blog. Here is a garden shed variety…

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Film

Marathon Man (1976)

Marathon Man: 1976.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: 2011 remake.

TV

From the mini-series Spies of Warsaw (2013, set 1930s), staring man of the moment David Tennant…

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Off topic – sort of

This article isn’t exactly about phone boxes but the first paragraph does indicate how they were once an integral part of life…

How a TARDIS could help police